The Study on the Necessity of Establishing Holding Companies In Iran

Abstract The several current problems of management in huge organizations, have found new solutions including creation of holding companies. In Iran, a high percentage of goods and services are produced by holding companies, but these types of companies are still unknown. According to the several structural and administrational problems and the lack of strategic approach in many of the huge organization in Iran and facing with rapid changes of technology, intense global competition, dynamics of industry and necessity of privatization, applying the holding structures in Iran seems necessary. In this study by exact introduction of holding and mentioning its differences with the other types investments companies, the advantages of holding application in Iran has been confirmed and different types of supervision and headquarter and control styles in the holding companies are described. By examining the activities of holding companies, the required attempt to classify of holding companies and investment firms is done separately. And according to the fundamental differences between vertical , horizontal and mixed holding companies, identifying the factors and prioritization them have been done separately for these three types of holding; and finally the necessity of establishing holding companies in Iran have been studied.

Keywords: holding company, the advantages of holding, holding styles, necessity of holding, Holding companies in Iran